CNN: Mohawk open to interpretation
It turns out that George Felix Allen may have been right for calling out Mr. Sidarth as a mohawk wearer. So spaketh CNN, and I shit you not, people. CNN is reportingis using an AP report that claims...
View ArticleTale of Two Terrors
What happened in Boston, Massachusetts two weeks ago was, in a way, a real reminder of how terror can strike and how quickly daily life can change. After hearing about the events at the marathon and...
View ArticleA First Nations View on Animal Companions
A number of Kossacks have recently lost animal companions. I have one, and I take my responsibility very seriously. So do most of us.Having just read a sad and moving diary by geordie about the loss...
View ArticleGreat Law of Peace Brought Iroquois a More Perfect Union
For Constitution Day (Sept. 17), here is a look at the constitution of a federal democracy that came before the U.S.A. in eastern North America. (First published at The Paragraph, 2008-01-24.)"I am...
View ArticleIndians 101: Joseph Brant in Canada
During the Revolutionary War, many Indians allied themselves with their old trading partners, the British. For the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy, the divided loyalties led to the ritual...
View ArticleIndians 101: Redskins
In 1722, Samuel Shuttle, the governor of Massachusetts, declared total war on the Abenaki. Part of the concern of the English colonists was the presence of Jesuits among the Abenaki. The colonial...
View ArticleThe Lords and Ladies Are Shaking Down The Americas Again.
This is not breaking news, or is it? Francis Jennings wrote three great volumes about first contact between the European and the Indian. The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire 1984 was the third. It is the...
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